Meaning
klus'-ter:
(1) 'eshkol; compare proper name VALE OF ESHCOL. (which see), from root meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Gen 40:10, Num 13:23, Isa 65:8, Son 7:8, Mic 7:1, etc.); a cluster of henna flowers (So 1:14); a cluster of dates (So 7:7). "Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter." (De 32:32).
(2) botrus, "gather the clusters of the vine of the earth" (Re 14:18).
The "cluster of raisins" (tsimmuqim) of 1Sa 25:18, 1Sa 30:12, should rather be "raisin cakes" or "dried raisins."
E. W. G. Masterman
(2):
klus'-ter:
(1) 'eshkol; compare proper name VALE OF ESHCOL. (which see), from root meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Gen 40:10, Num 13:23, Isa 65:8, Son 7:8, Mic 7:1, etc.); a cluster of henna flowers (So 1:14); a cluster of dates (So 7:7). "Their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter." (De 32:32).
(2) botrus, "gather the clusters of the vine of the earth" (Re 14:18).
The "cluster of raisins" (tsimmuqim) of 1Sa 25:18, 1Sa 30:12, should rather be "raisin cakes" or "dried raisins."
E. W. G. Masterman
